Presentations

Here is a sampling of Lori’s most popular presentations.  Please contact Lori to customize a program for your professional development needs.

Presentations may be combined and extended to suit your time frame, from 60 or 90 minutes to half-day or full day.

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Kindergarten Literacy

  • What Kindergarten Children Need to Know: Six Essential Literacy Learnings
  • Oral Language Development:the Foundation of Literacy
  • The Power of the Pencil: The Writing Workshop in Kindergarten
  • Beyond letter of the week: Alphabet work in meaningful contexts
  • Learning to Read by Reading:  Shared and Guided Reading in the Kindergarten Program
  • Making the Most of the Interactive Read-aloud

Writing

  • WRITE from the Start!
  • Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Beginning Writing
  • Meet the Trait Mates! A Fresh Approach to Six Trait Writing

Reading

  • Differentiating Instruction with Guided Reading:  Making the Most of the 18 minute lesson

Literacy

  • Putting the “Play” Back in Word Play
  • Making the Reading-Writing Connection
  • Finding the Balance in Literacy Instruction

Writing

  • Six Trait Writing Basics
  • Six Traits – Next Steps
  • Write on!  Building Competence and Confidence with Writing Workshop
  • The Nonfiction Connection

Reading

  • Supporting Struggling Readers with Response to Intervention (RTI)
  • Habits of Highly Effective Readers:  Comprehension Strategies and How to Teach them
  • Small Group Reading Instruction in Intermediate Grades

Literacy

  • The Wonder of Words
  • Boogers, Barf and Bloodshed:  Engaging our Boys in Reading and Writing